Re: [PATCH] use libcrypto routines in gnulib

On 12/02/2013 02:12 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> To use this from coreutils I configure with --with-openssl
> Note since the new libs are required, then is one of the reasons
> I didn't enable this by default. A related question though
> is I'd like coreutils to change the default to enable this by default.
> What would be the best way to do that, while still allowing users
> to --with-openssl=no
Seems the handiest way to do this is to do the following
in configure.ac before gl_INIT:
dnl Enable use of libcrypto by default
AC_ARG_WITH([openssl],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],
[use libcrypto hash routines if available: default=yes])],
[],
[with_openssl=yes])
thanks,
Pádraig.